This is a guest from George Powell, editor of the independent financial portal Financial Web(other links in post). With so many individuals and families mired in debt (and sinking ever deeper as the days pass), it’s easy to see how the rapidly expanding debt consolidation market has grown into a multi-million dollar industry. The seductiveness of easy credit has lured countless numbers of unsuspecting people into its trappings of fine print, higher interest and long-term payments. Once inside, solid financial footing begins to give way to a quicksand of installment and revolving balances due, which can eat up a family’s [...]
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This is a guest post form Linda Bustos. Linda is an editor for CreditorWeb, where you can learn about credit cards, compare offers, and apply for a business credit card online. We all know that banks are not on our side. They offer us products and services to make our lives more convenient and pull us through financial jams, but we end up paying for them through interest charges…and bank fees…and late payment fees…and overdraft charges…and NSF check fees…the list goes on. Banks have no shame in trying to squeeze as many cents and dollars from their clients. Financial institutions [...]
Read MoreThis is a guest post by Tehn Yit Chin over at @ Cheap as Chips, “a personal finance blog with an Australian spin”. Lend him some support by checking out his site. We, as parents, have an enormous responsibility to our children. As soon as they are born, we are responsible for their well being. Initially, we give them care and ensure that they are healthy. As they grow, our responsibility shifts to their behavioral development, and one aspect of this is the way our children see financial matters being handled. One of the ways that children learn is [...]
Read MoreThis is a guest post by Mark over at @ Financing Your Family, a newer blog that focuses on helping readers to be “smarter with their money, closer to their family, and willing to work towards worthwhile goals”. Lend him some support by checking out his site. When I talk with people about there financial goals, there is one thing that tips me off as to whether or not they will be successful or not, and that is how they describe their goals. Some examples of goals I’ve heard are: “I want to be rich someday,” “I want to have [...]
Read MoreThis is a guest post by Double Eagle over at @ Life in the Rough. Life in the Rough is a golf blog. One of the best in my opinion. A good place to visit if you are looking to learn a few things about golf or drop a a few stokes off of your game. The golf tips are intermixed with his personal journey to fulfill a dream by becoming a golf professional. Double Eagle is very active in his comments section and enjoys answering his readers questions. Lend him some support by checking out his site. When [...]
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